New Zealand's tour of Pakistan abandoned

Rawalpindi [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): The Blackcaps are abandoning their tour of Pakistan following a New Zealand government security alert, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) informed on Friday.

The side was to play Pakistan on Friday in the first of three ODIs in Rawalpindi, before moving to Lahore for a five-match T20 series. New Zealand was slated to play their first match on Pakistan soil since 2003.

"However, following